The U.S. Embassy Military Liaison Office in Belmopan and Joint Task Force-Bravo partnered with Belizean military forces in a marijuana eradication operation in Belize from 25 to 28 September 2013.[1] Personnel from the Belize Defence Force Special Assignment Group, the Belize Coast Guard SEALs and the Belize National Police Anti-Drug Unit served as the ground force for the operation.[1] Joint Task Force-Bravo provided aviation support, on-call casualty evacuation and insertion and extraction training for the 38 Belizean military and law enforcement personnel who took part.[1]

Belizean forces destroyed 22 marijuana fields holding approximately 37,970 mature marijuana plants.[1] The destroyed plants had an initial estimated value of $13 million.[1] The team also found and destroyed four pounds of marijuana seeds.[1]

The training involved using a caving ladder lowered from a helicopter to insert ground forces into otherwise inaccessible areas.[1] The U.S. military provided the transportation and reconnaissance the ground teams needed, and the teams worked through very thick jungle to reach objectives that were difficult to access.[1]